Charles Schumann

27 Aug

I have walked through the the Hofgarten in Munich many times with my camera and, when he’s sitting out the back, asked Mr Schumann if I could take his portrait. He always said no, “Es gibt schon zu viele Bilder von mir auf der Welt”. Last month I walked past and asked the same question again expecting the same answer, but this time, surprisingly, he said yes. Although, no sooner had I squeezed off two frames, he said, “genug, that’s enough” giving me the cut sign. So finally I achieved my goal of taking a black and white portrait of the bar world legend. Thank you Mr Schumann, I salute you.

The camera I had with me that day was my trusty old Leica M6 with Ilford Kentmere 400 film, developed in Rodinal, 35mm frames cropped square.